The Spectator: ...Phil. Crampton, 1737 |
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... Creatures groaning under their respective Burthens , and to consider that prodigious Bulk of human Calamities which lay before me . THERE were however several Persons who gave me great Diversion upon this Occafion . I observed one ...
... Creatures groaning under their respective Burthens , and to consider that prodigious Bulk of human Calamities which lay before me . THERE were however several Persons who gave me great Diversion upon this Occafion . I observed one ...
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... creatures with Sentiments of Humanity and Compaffion . *************** : *****. No. 560. Monday. ,. June. 28 . Verba intermissa retentat . Ov . Met . VERY one has heard of the famous Conjurer , who , the Opinion of the Vulgar , has studied ...
... creatures with Sentiments of Humanity and Compaffion . *************** : *****. No. 560. Monday. ,. June. 28 . Verba intermissa retentat . Ov . Met . VERY one has heard of the famous Conjurer , who , the Opinion of the Vulgar , has studied ...
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... Creature in the World . When he is angry , he breaks all the China Ware that chances to lie in his Way , and the next Morning fends me in twice as much as he broke the Day before . I may • positively fay , that he has broke me a Child's ...
... Creature in the World . When he is angry , he breaks all the China Ware that chances to lie in his Way , and the next Morning fends me in twice as much as he broke the Day before . I may • positively fay , that he has broke me a Child's ...
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... Creatures which are at present more exalted than our selves . We see many Stars by the Help of Glaf- ses , which we do not discover with our naked Eyes ; and the finer our Telescopes are , the more still are our Discoveries . Huygenius ...
... Creatures which are at present more exalted than our selves . We see many Stars by the Help of Glaf- ses , which we do not discover with our naked Eyes ; and the finer our Telescopes are , the more still are our Discoveries . Huygenius ...
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... Creatures of the highest Capacities , as they are Creatures , that is , Beings of finite and li- mited Natures ... Creature than another , according as we rise one above another in the Scale of Existence . But the widest of these ...
... Creatures of the highest Capacities , as they are Creatures , that is , Beings of finite and li- mited Natures ... Creature than another , according as we rise one above another in the Scale of Existence . But the widest of these ...
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almoſt Anſwer Beauty becauſe beſt Cafe Cauſe compoſed confider Confideration Converſation Correſpondent Creature Cuſtom defire Deſign Diſcourſe diſcovered endeavour eſpecially Eſtate Eternity Eyes faid fame felf fince firſt fome foon freſh Friday Friend fuch fure Gentleman give Hand Happiness hath Heart Heaven Honour Houſe Husband impoſſible Inſtance itſelf kind Lady laſt leſs Letter look Loſs Love Lover meaſure Mind Monday moſt muſt myſelf Nature never Number obſerved Occafion Ovid Paffion paſs paſſed Paſſion Perſon Philoſophers Place pleaſed Pleaſure preſent Promiſe Publick publiſh Purpoſe Queſtion raiſe Reader Reaſon Reſpect riſe ſaid ſame ſays ſcarce ſecond ſecret ſee ſeems ſeen ſelf ſelves Senſe ſenſible ſerve ſet ſeveral ſhall Shalum ſhe ſhew ſhort ſhould ſmall ſome ſomething Soul ſpeak SPECTATOR ſtanding ſtill ſuch ſufficient ſuppoſe themſelves theſe Thing thoſe thou thought Univerſe uſe Verſes Virg Virtue Wednesday whole whoſe Widow World young
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Seite 259 - ... all Nature cries aloud Through all her works), he must delight in virtue ; And that which he delights in must be happy. But when, or where ? — This world was made for Caesar.
Seite 37 - Behold, I go forward, but he is not there ; and backward, but I cannot perceive him : on the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him : he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him : but he knoweth the way that I take : when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
Seite 11 - I did not question, came loaded with his crimes; but, upon searching into his bundle, I found that, instead of throwing his guilt from him, he had only laid down his memory. He was followed by another worthless rogue, who flung away his modesty, instead of his ignorance.
Seite 11 - The immoderate breadth of the features made me very much out of humour with my own countenance, upon which I threw it from me like a mask. It happened very luckily that one who stood by me had just before thrown down his visage, which it seems was too long for him.
Seite 67 - to the sun, and water to the diamond. It irradiates every metal, and enriches lead with all the properties of gold. It heightens smoke into flame, flame into light, and light into glory.
Seite 53 - We may assure ourselves that the great Author of nature will not always be as one who is indifferent to any of his creatures.
Seite 134 - ... there is more beauty in the works of a great genius, who is ignorant of all the rules of art, than in the works of a little genius, who not only knows but scrupulously observes them.
Seite 10 - I saw multitudes of old women throw down their wrinkles, and several young ones who stripped themselves of a tawny skin.
Seite 71 - We make provisions for this life, as though it were never to have an end, and for the other life, as though it were never to have a beginning. Should a spirit of superior rank, who is a stranger to human nature, accidentally alight upon the earth, and take a survey of its inhabitants ; what would his notions of us...
Seite 10 - Jupiter, that every mortal should bring in his griefs and calamities, and throw them together in a heap. There was a large plain appointed for this purpose. I took my stand in the centre of it, and saw with a great deal of pleasure the whole human species marching one after another, and throwing down their several loads, which immediately grew up into a prodigious mountain, that seemed to rise above the clouds.